Comment 23 for bug 569701

On 2/06/2010 3:01, Dave Jones wrote:
> Hi Diego
>
> The problems with quitting application and screen placement of object
> info that were introduced on the last one supplied have been fixed, but
> :
>
> The font distortion is still there...it really is distortion now as seen
> on the both of the 10.5 RC's supplied, as opposed to just inversion on
> 10.4
>
> Screenshot included.
>
> My X1900 hasn't kicked up any artifact problems so far to date with any
> other software. I'm aware these cards had a reputation in their early
> days for overheating with their stock cooler under heavy load, however I
> upgraded my cooler with an Accelero X2 at the outset and even under
> *very* heavy load of 3D streaming and rendering applications, have never
> had an issue.
>
> Stellarium 10.2, as far as it goes, works perfectly every time, but I'd
> like to be able to keep up with new features :)
>
> Dave.
>
> ** Attachment added: "10.5 RC1 second one supplied with Verdana"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49508808/stellarium-000.png
>
>
That's unfortunate, but it was worth a try and rules out one possible cause.
Dave - I read what you said about Apple vs. ATI supplied drivers, but it
would be worth trying the ATI supplied driver. Again, it would help
narrow down where the problem is coming from.